A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES Signed Miyao , Meiji Period (Late 19th Century) Patinated dark brown and other colours and with extensive gilding, each a boy in archaic Chinese-style dress, one seated in a coat and head-dress worked with peony, chrysanthemum and butterfly designs and blowing a long detachable trumpet decorated with a dragon's head, the other dancing, wearing a Tang-style helmet and surcoat and holding a jingle in each hand, each on a hardwood stand, its sides decorated with archaic animal and floral motifs, each signed on a gilt plaque on the coat Miyao sei [made by Miyao] 15 7/8 and 11¾in. (40.4cm. and 29.8cm.) high with stands (2)
A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES Signed Miyao , Meiji Period (Late 19th Century) Patinated dark brown and other colours and with extensive gilding, each a boy in archaic Chinese-style dress, one seated in a coat and head-dress worked with peony, chrysanthemum and butterfly designs and blowing a long detachable trumpet decorated with a dragon's head, the other dancing, wearing a Tang-style helmet and surcoat and holding a jingle in each hand, each on a hardwood stand, its sides decorated with archaic animal and floral motifs, each signed on a gilt plaque on the coat Miyao sei [made by Miyao] 15 7/8 and 11¾in. (40.4cm. and 29.8cm.) high with stands (2)
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